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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

In a Gallup survey, 87 percent of millennials said opportunities to learn and grow were important to them, and of that group, two-thirds said these opportunities were extremely important. Review the employee handbook. The numbers are even more drastic with young professionals. Employees can’t fight this one alone.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.4.16

Reid All About it

Learn how to evaluate your program for volunteer engagement, determine how best to deploy volunteers, create a communication plan, and screen and train volunteers to be an important part of your volunteer recruiting, retention and recognition plans. – Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook. Host: Pathable.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.10.17

Reid All About it

Although I highly enjoyed the future of learning and AI conversations, I loved loved loved Lisa Campo’s video: 5 Ways to Repel Millennials from Your Association. I took some time off on Tuesday to attend a few sessions of SURGE 2017, a virtual summit for the association community. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: Blue Sky eLearn.

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